Craigie Aitchison: And the Beaux Arts Generation

by Susan Campbell

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For the first time, Craigie Aitchison and the Beaux Arts Generation tells the story of Craigie Aitchison’s role amongst the bright young figurative painters of post-war London. Along with Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, Leon Kossoff and Euan Uglow, Aitchison belonged to ‘the Beaux Arts generation’: a set of highly talented painters first shown at the Beaux Arts Gallery by Helen Lessore. Under her discerning gaze, the early careers of these five artists were launched and close friendships formed, even as a wild divergence of artistic styles took place. By the time of its closure in 1965, Lessore’s gallery had...Read more
  • ISBN10 1901192555
  • ISBN13 9781901192551
  • Publish Date 11 November 2019
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Piano Nobile Publications
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 152
  • Language English